Dispenser tube for confectionery on cakes and candies



DISPENSER TUBE FOR CONFECTIONERY ON CAKES `AND CANDIES Filed April 14.1949 .u 'lr llllllllllllllllll In Patented Dec. 9, 1952 CAKESl ANDCANDIES -v Charles Ar-lrens, Statenlsland, Y.

` IApplication Aprii14, 1949, Serial BT65875393 ilClaims. 1 f Thislinvention `relates to new and usefulimmovements-in devices 1 forapplying afrosting-l or coatings-to candies, cakes; andthe like.

` A- main objectpfithe invention is vto'provide a *simpler efficient;economical, easily f operated dei lfvice forV `applying f simultaneouslyaplurality .of "f diiferent coatings inone operation.

A further cbject isto provide a simple-conf structioniof a bagiandmultiplespout whereby a 'plurality of different confectionv coatings may4be ncn-ntained.; and dispensed in one operation.

'A` :still lfurther object is. to; provide a` device which can be;quickly andfeasily-assembled and disassembled ior'inspection,replacement Land repair.

'-fFurther. andymore speciiicv objects, features, and 'advantages' willmore clearly appear "from a ,consideration 'of the .qdetailedspecicationhere- 'in'afterset forth especiallywhen taken in `connection with` theaccompanying drawings which "illustrate a present preferred form Whichithe Yinvention may assume and `.which form .part of: the specification.

i `In .brief .and general' terms; the. invention concerns connectinga'plurality 'of bagcompartments at. their lower ends separatelytorspoutsections .-which may be 'held together, .but .provide independentpassages or'material'therethrqugh, so VAthat aj plurality of diierentmaterials Amay .be

.separately or simultaneouslyL dispensed. through Ltionincluding spoutsections connected sepa-- rately to vthe several bag compartments. Thespout sectionsv have flat, adjacent, abutting sur- .facesfadaptedto beinterlocked andthe Eupper "portionsof 'which arev spaced somewhat apart'with .interlocking ridges and groovesto receive therebetween thepartition or partitions "of", the bag.rv .'The' various sections of thespcut-when thus assembledyform a complete unitary spout 4.member and'thesections are held together jby screw collars; .the shapeof`.thespout sections Y"when assembled beingtapered. vA nozzle of anysuitable proportion' fand' 4having 'an opening` :of pre-determinedYshape,` is clamped" on to theend vof the vspout'byA means-oi aA screwcollar. A blade "extendsdownwardly' from Vvone of`v the 'spoutsectionsand wellintothe ynozzle portion tokeepsthe confectionerymaterial issuing from the various sections, separate until justbeforethey issue from the-endoi-'the'fnozzle r ...;The-preferred presentform'which then inven-Y` (Orsini-52) .'.f 2 I4tionamay assumeis-illustratedf inthe drawings, rof which:

-Fig. 1 is a side'elevation of-thefentire'dispens- `Ving-unit; f

'5 Fig.` 2.'is anenlarged verticalivsection of'the f lowerportionthereof "Fig. 3 is ahorizontal'section-takenlonftheiine 3-f-3fofFig; 2;and, A :Figsl '4i-and 5 -arefrespective-Lperspective views F of-thespoutesections` which aretwc innumber '15 the invention-shownin-l thedrawings, it willibe Aseenfthat I 'haveprovided the usualconfectionersbaglyprovided with awcentralpartition lll -sewed-thereto and 'extendingWell downvtowards n the bottorrrthereof and dividing the b ag,-intotWo'0 compartments. Snugly disposed in V`thebottom Aof the respectivecompartments'- of the. -bagf-l 0, are spout sections l-Z and-I3ofisemicircular cross qsectionand -of downwardly tapered* conii guration1 -as shown. These sections are provided" with-iiat D* lower adjacentsurfacesrone offwhich is provided with "an elongated opening `-I 5 mtoAreceive a" similarly shapediprojection or tonguelIG-'on thecorresponding 'portionffoi'l the face of thefother `section. vWhentheseftwoLsectionsfare'lpl-aced together,

the tonguel 6 lesin thehole-'f I Sand theft-wo-'sec- *tions when thusabutting, --form a -complete` tapered=spout-forming two dischargepassages lconnected respectively-to the compartments Jo'ffthe bag.--As-fwillbefseen: ini-Figure 2,' thesessections litl snugly-intoVY thebottom Aofi the lbag. The outer peripheryfoffthese sportif-sections'A is:provided withn a Y series f of :upper screw. .th-reads r I1.: and `aseries fof `lower th-reads 8 separated by fan inter- 40 `mediatesmooth;ring-dike surface i Quand aE similar fsurface-e 120 is 'f disposedyLbelow' 1 the :series of *threadsi I Bff'f'The:upperadj acent facesections 2l of the spoutlsectionslare offset so as -to Lb'e-space'dMapart-as shownl ini' Figure 2,. whenbthertwoasec- @tions arei'placedtogether. Inf this apassage'f thus -form'ed',`V is received `they lowerVend, L'of1the-'partition or cloth Il. The upper portionfofffone-s11rface 21 vis prcvnieci.fw-ithV a, ribf22--adaptedto4en- `gage fandalcoli; withlan i' elongated'ree'e's`sx 23 in? the arctherfsurfacathusfjgripping theefabric` L of lthe partition'l iwhen"ther spoutf sections are held ftoget-her.` *'LIvheesections-ionitheir-exterior surface, xasishown-,fare jeradumiysapered; 'They are-hemf-'tcgether-by arsciewi'threaded ringlf2'4f: which is s'fslippeas on.:Emmi-the; lower end and: tightens: the

sections together. A similar screw threaded ring or collar engages thelower set of threads I8 and is adapted in the usual manner, to receiveand hold in position a nozzle 26 on the very lower end of the spoutsections, and this nozzle may have any suitable shape of opening throughwhich the frosting or confectioners material is to be discharged.

One of the surfaces I4 of one of the spout sections is providedpreferably with an integral, dependent, tapered blade 21, extending downfrom the lower edge of the surface I4 and into the nozzle to act as apartition in the nozzle between the material coming from one spoutsection and the material coming from the other. Therefore, thesematerials do not come into Contact until just before they emerge fromthe nozzle 26.

In the operation of the device and assuming the bag has been alreadyformed and provided with the sewn intermediate partition II, the nozzlesections are inserted in the top of the bag and moved down to the bottomassuming the position shown in Figure 2, at which time, the tapered formof the bag will snugly receive the sections at the lower end thereof,and the rib 22 and recess 23 at the upper spaced adjacent surfaces ofthe sections will grip the bag partition or intermediate wall IItightly. The tongue It will be lying in the aperture I5. The collar 24is then screwed into place to tighten the sections together and then thenozzle 26 is placed on the lower end of the spout and the collar or ring25 is screwed in position to hold this nozzle in place. The confectionerwill then manipulate the bag in the usual manner to squeeze the materialfrom the compartments. The partition II shown in Figure 2, is shown as acommon wall between the two compartments, but it is clear that when twoseparate bags are used, this wall I I will be formed of two layers ofmaterial forming adjacent sides of the two bags, the lower ends of whichare connected to the respective spout sections. When separate bags areused, they can be manipulated separately to dispense material from oneor the other whereas in the specific preferred form shown, thedispensing is of two kinds of material simultaneously. By having nozzlemembers of different shapes and with different shapes of openings at thebottom thereof, the character of the cross section of issuing materialcan be changed at will.

This device is simple and eicient, and enables one device to performseveral functions in connection with decorating cakes and similararticles; it can be taken apart quickly and easily to be cleaned, and asquickly and easily reassembledv While the invention has been describedin detail and with respect to the preferred form shown in the drawings,it is not to be limited to such details and forms since many changes andmodiiications may be made in the invention without departing from thespirit and scope of th-e invention in its broadest aspects. Hence, it isintended to cover any and al1 forms and modifications of the inventionwhich may come within the language or scope of any one or more of theappended claims.

What I claim as my invention, is:

1. In combination, a dispensing bag having a partition dividing the baginto separate compartments, said compartments being of smaller crosssection at the bottom than at the top thereof, sectional spout portionsof the same general shape as said compartments, each compartment adaptedto receive a spout portion, said portions resting in said compartmentsto form a complete spout, means for holding the spout sections together,and cooperating means on the spout sections to grip the lower end of thepartition therebetween to form a plurality of continuous passagesthrough the bag and the spout section for the material to be dispensed.

2. In combination, a dispensing bag having a partition dividing the baginto separate compartments, said compartments being of smaller crosssection at the bottom than at the top thereof, sectional spout portionsof the same general shape as said compartments, each compartment adaptedto receive a spout portion, said portions resting in said compartmentsto form a complete spout, means for holding the spout sections together,and cooperating means on the spout sections to grip the lower end of thepartition therebetween to form a plurality of continuous passagesthrough the bag and the spout section for the material to be dispensed,a nozzle member added to t over the lower ends of the spout sections,collar means to hold the nozzle member in position, and a blade on thelower end of one of said spout sections and extending into the nozzlemember to a pointv near the lower end thereof to separate the materialFlowing from the spout sections.

3. In combination, a tapered dispensing bag having a central fabricpartition extending downwardly therein to form a pair of downwardlytapered compartments, a pair of downwardly tapered symmetrical spoutsections, each section disposed in a compartment in side by siderelation with respect to each other, said compartments having openingsin the bottoms thereof through which said sections project, saidsections having at abutting lower surfaces, means thereon to linterlocksaid surfaces and align said sections, the

upper surfaces of said sections being displaced to form a narrow passageto receive the lower end of said bag partition, tongue and grooveelements on said displaced surfaces to engage said partitiontherebetween, the periphery of said sections being threaded and athreaded ring collar adapted to be screwed into place to hold thesections together, a nozzle member to be placed against the lower endsof said sections, the lower ends of said sections being also threadedand a screw threaded ring collar adapted to be screwed on to the lowerends of said sections to hold and engage said nozzle to hold it inplace, a tapered blade dependent from the lower end of one of theabutting surfaces of said spout sections, said blade extending down intothe nozzle to separate the material passing through said compartmentsand said sections.

4. In a device of the character described, a dispensing bag having apartition dividing the bag into a pair of downwardly taperedcompartments of semi-circular cross section, said compartments beingopen at the bott/om, a pair of spout sections of the same general shapeas said compartments, each section adapted to rest in a compartment soas to form a complete spout of circular cross section, each spout havinga vertical face, one of said faces being apertured and the other havinga tongue adapted to lie in said aperture when the sections are in saidcompartments, the outer surfaces of the sections having screw threads,and a collar adapted to be threadably engaged with said threads to holdthe sections together.

5. A device of the character described in accordance with claim 4wherein one of said faces has a transverse rib element and the otherface has 1a transverse groove adapted to coact with said rib element togrip the partition therebetween when the sections are in theirrespective compartments.

6. A device of the character described in accordance with claim 4wherein the upper portions of said faces are offset to provide a spacetherebetween when the sections are in their respective compartments, atransverse rib on one of said offset portions and -a transverse grooveon the other offset portion, said groove and rib adapted to coact so asto grip the partition therebetween.

CHARLES A. KRENS.

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